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Nurse Beats Pregnant Woman, Forces Her to Give Birth on Grass

The Source
The woman and her baby

By Chidiebere Onyemaizu Human empathy took flight at Public Health Centre, PHC, Mayne Avenue, Calabar, a government health facility, late Friday evening when a woman in labour rushed to the Centre for succour. Rather than health workers present helping her into the labour room, the pregnant woman’s inability to pay N20,000 demanded by them resulted in the most inhuman treatment ever meted out to a woman in Labour in recent history. The bizarre part of the sordid event was that the N20,000 was demanded so that surgery could be performed…

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Lagos First Lady Donates Incubator, Ambulance To Hospitals

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By Uche Nwosisi The wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has taken a critical move to actualizing the state’s government objective of reducing infant mortality rate in the state, by donating transport Incubator Ambulance to Gbagada General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity. Ambode made this donation last Wednesday at the Gbagada General Hospital alongside committee of Lagos state officials (COWLSO), as part of their health intervention project for the year. The Lagos First Lady promised that no effort would be spared to achieving zero infant mortality in the…

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WIN Foundation Brings Succour To Nasarawa State

Akinwale Kasali

By Akinwale Kasali As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, When In Need Foundation (WIN), has brought succour to the medically challenged people of Nasarawa State. W.I.N, founded by Dr. Ecton-Dunkley, which since  inception has been run with her savings, investment and salary, on June 18th embark on another challenge by taking free medical mission initiative to Kardako Health Centre, Kardako Nasarawa State. The medical support team included the 15 Medical Doctors, 10 Pharmacists, 15 Optometrists, Nurses and about 20 Volunteers support team. With the crowd who came to get…

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Visionscape: Overpowered By Lagos “Peculiar Mess”

Oji Odu

By Oji Odu In most parts of the Lagos metropolis, dirt has taken over. From Alimosho, Shomolu, Badore, Mushin, Ajegunle, Ikorodu et cetera, the situation is same, prompting the belief by Lagosians that Visionscape, the waste disposal company in the state cannot deal with about 13,000 metric tons of waste generated in the state daily, about the highest in sub-Sahara Africa. This is also posing a huge challenge to the state, and with grave health implications for its citizens. The situation has also raised fears that the company will likely…

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Nasarawa State Commissioner Says Meat Of Sick And Dead Animals Sold In Markets

Akinwale Kasali

Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Jameel Zakari, says some butchers in the state have been selling meat of sick and dead animals to customers. He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lafia that his ministry had discovered the unwholesome practice and therefore vowed to sanction any butcher caught in the act. “The ministry of agriculture is working with security agencies to ensure that all those perpetrating this act are arrested and brought to justice in order to safeguard the health of the people. “We recently…

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Tramadol: A killer Drug

Steve Ubana

By Stephen Ubanna When Aminu Dahiru, an Assistant Comptroller General of Customs   and Coordinator of Nigeria Customs Service, Zone A, Lagos cried  out loud last April that tramadol, one of the pain relief drugs allegedly processed with Codeine by an India Pharmaceutical Company and pushed to the Nigeria market was having a negative effect on youths in the north many people did not believe him.  They dismissed his claim, insisting that it is like every other pain relief drug manufactured by Pharmaceutical companies in the country. But Dahiru  knew what…

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Ebola: Eventual land fall in Nigeria may spiral out of control

Uche Mbah

For the ninth time, Ebola epidemics strike the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing trepidation to the numbed psyches of Congolese. As at last count, seventeen people are said to have died in the outbreak as health officials battle a disease that conspiracy theorists insist are part of depopulation globalist agenda aimed at black Africa. The last time it was in Liberia, a Liberian American, Patrick Sawyer, brought it to Nigeria by registering as a participant in a health conference in Calabar, but was quarantined in a private hospital. He died…

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Over 2000 Pregnant Women HIV Positive In Lagos

Akinwale Kasali

By Akinwale Kasali The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris,  revealed that at least 2,131 pregnant women have tested positive to Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV. Idris gave the statistics while briefing pressmen on activities of the ministry, at Alausa, Ikeja, explained that the $9.6 million grant from donor agencies further assisted in conduct of AIDS indicator survey, implementation and provision of technical support in Epe, Ikorodu and OshodI-Isolo councils. Idris, added that the number was discovered after conducting test for the pregnant women during their visit to the…

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Expired G-Glutamin Syrup Causes Concern

Akinwale Kasali

By Akinwale Kasali Greenlife Pharmaceuticals Limited, makers of G-Glutamin Syrup has intensify efforts to mop up expired G-Glutamin Syrup after public outcry against the brand. For the past three months, the magazine has observed that  expired G-Glutamin Syrup are still been sold in the market. The law stipulates that three months before the expiration of a drug, it must be off the shelf and not to be sold or consumed. But reverse is the case of G-Glutamin Syrup. It is still been sold in the market, which poses a threat…

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FG Bans Codeine Syrup

Akinwale Kasali

By Akinwale Kasali Following the abuse of codeine based syrup by Nigeria youths, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. This statement was made by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday. The directive came less than 48 hours after a documentary titled, ‘Sweet, Sweet Codeine,’ was aired on BBC. The documentary which has…

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